Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) misrepresented or misunderstood the data he cited in his exhaustive critique of the federal safety net, said some of the economists he cited in his 204-page report. The former vice presidential candidate relied heavily on...

US poverty rate steady at 15 percent, but ‘lower class’ is booming (via The Christian Science Monitor) A group of boys walk past a partially collapsed row house in Baltimore in April. According to new census data, the nation’s...